Bird Rock Coffee Roasters - Yemen Asrar Haraz

Coffee Origin:
Yemen, Haraj

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
mixed heirlooms 

Coffee Elevation
1,500 - 2,000 m

Coffee Farm/ Producers
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Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters - 5/17/2016

Coffee Processing
Natural

 

 

The beans have the fragrance of strawberry, toast, malt, brown rice, dried goji, bakers chocolate, pink guava, sumac, lilac, red currant, cane sugar, baked green apple, bergamot stem, frankincense, roasted chicory, bottle brush, tobacco, angelica root, and wormwood

The grounds have the fragrance of red apple, dried goji, roasted chicory, dried blueberry, milk chocolate, pink guava, malt, freeze dried strawberry, poached pear, magnolia,  cane sugar, dried elderberry, coconut husk, bergamot stem, angelica root, and bottlebrush

 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of marijuana, dried goji, dried black currant, bakers chocolate, white guava, malt, basmati rice, fresh tobacco, turbinado sugar, wormwood, sumac, allspice, black sesame seed, dried lychee, and crimson raisin  

This is full body coffee that is smooth and chewy with a juicy and moist mouthfeel that finishes tea like

This is a tart and spicy acidity coffee that has the space forward that lingers then finished to a sweet caramel like feel 

Flavor 

The flavors of this coffee are of tart green apple, white guava, cane sugar, red currant, cocoa nib, sumac, lilac, bergamot stem, blood orange, magnolia, freeze dried strawberry, angelica root, dragons blood, smoked paprika, toasted coconut, and marionberry

As it cools the guava notes and very prominent with a vanilla ice cream texture developing and a cherimoya and banana developing

 

GINO

The aroma is of cardamom, saffron, turmeric, muted toasted coconut, kumquat, summer savory, white cranberry, Egyptian hibiscus, cocoa powder, and sassafrass root

The body is weak with a tea-like consistency ( very disappointed) 

The acidity is very weak with really nothing to point out it has any

The flavors of the cup are of black tea, soil, vanillin, almond milk, dried goji, saffron, lilac, honeysuckle, and sumac

I can not recomned this coffee on Gino, it dose nothing to help inhance this coffee nor brings out any unique caricteristics 

 

FRENCH PRESS

The aroma of the cup is toasted coconut husk, wormwood, cocoa powder, sumac, baked red apple, allspice, honeysuckle, brown rice, fresh tobacco, bergamot stem, and dried white guava

The Body is much like being cupped with a really thick texture now

The acidity has dropped then being cupped and is very earth toned with a muted cocoa powder sweetness and an allspice back

The flavors of the cup are of soil, molasses, sumac, turmeric, black cardamom, grilled blood orange, summer savory, bittersweet cocoa, dried goji, carbonized coconut husk, chia, green apple, clove, bergamot stem, frankincense, and black walnut

I do not know what to say if I would recomend this of French Press but I do think it brings out more eathy notes and a creamy body and thick texture so if it what you like go for it if not then don't use this coffee on here

Paradise Coffee Roasters - Zambia Isanya

Coffee Origin:
Zambia, Northern Province

Coffee Species
Arabica

Coffee Varietal
Bourbon & Catimor

Coffee Elevation
1,340 - 1,400 M

Coffee Farm/ Producers:
Kateshi and Isanya Estates
Kateshi Estate

Coffee Roasting Date, Roaster
Paradise Coffee Roasters - 5/25/2016

Coffee Processing
Washed

 

The beans have the fragrance of hazelnut, cocoa powder, fermented yellow pineapple, sandalwood, lily, Meyer lemon, black tea leaf, pink grapefruit skin, jasmine, toast, baking soda, cherimoya, dried chervil, dried white corn, white grape, rose hips, soil, sherry, dried strawberry, dried blackberry and fresh tobacco

The grounds have the fragrance of dried white pineapple, pink grapefruit, jasmine, toasted hop, dried strawberry, toasted hazelnut, grilled Eureka lemon, toffee, piloncillo, kumquat marmalade, cool nib, fresh tobacco, white grape, thyme, and spearmint icebreaker 

 

CUPPING

The aroma of this coffee is of dried yellow pineapple, fresh tobacco, cocoa nib, toasted black walnut, blackberry, Meyer lemon, toffee, dried raspberry, dried strawberry, cara cara orange, thyme, and piloncillo

This is a full and juicy bodied coffee with a smooth and silky feel that finished with a rough and spicy back

This is a tart forward coffee that has a complex sharp and pointed note that is well rounded and is slightly lingering with a subtle dry complex finish

Flavor 

The flavors of this coffee are of dried yellow pineapple, raw hazelnut, Eureka lemon, fresh tobacco, soil, piloncillo, raspberry, fresh hops, white grape, pink grapefruit skin, silver tip green tea leaf, pomelo, Egyptian hibiscus, Hawaiian sandalwood, and paprika 

As it cools the tobacco notes are very prominent along with a sweet creamy note that almost lost with the toasted pinion and dried bosc pear

 

AEROPRESS

The aroma of the cup is of toasted hop, pinion, dried tobacco, oak, blackberry, yellow raspberry, cara cara orange, lemon basil, yeast, cocoa nib, black tea leaf, and ponzu sauce

The body is weaker with more of a lingering dry note that is still juicy and slightly spicy  

The acidity is just as cupped and maybe a slight bit higher with more of a tart orange note that has a herbaceous sweetness

The flavors dried blood orange, lemon basil, thyme, sherry, white grape, Meyer lemon, toasted hops, pinion, dried white cranberry, tobacco, black tea leaf, smoked paprika, piloncillo, kumquat, and Hawaiian sandalwood

This is a great cofee on Aeropress and brigs out the more earthy notes and the olny problem I would have is the acidity is higher but it is still a great complex cup that is smooth

 

FRETTA

The aroma is green bell pepper, soil, piloncillo, kumquat,  thyme, red apple, dried raspberry, Thai basil, pitaya, starfruit, musk, cocoa powder, black tea leaf and white balsamic vinegar

The body is much weaker (but expected) but still very juicy and sweet with a creamy and syrupy texture

The acidity is much lower and is more tropical fruit forward sweetness with a tobacco spice

The flavors of the cup fresh tobacco, black tea leaf, pitaya, cherimoya, green papaya, loquat, red banana, honeydew, pinion, cara cara orange, Thai basil, yeast, and yellow corn

This it a great coffee to made iced and brings out so much more sweet topical notes and a rich juicy complexity that is very refreashing and sooth with subtle spice through out